Nokia kills off Ozo high-end virtual reality camerasNokia is winding down its high-end virtual reality camera division.
The Ozo and its follow-up the Ozo+ had been marketed to professionals as being able to capture the "highest quality" 360-degree footage possible, and had been used by Disney among others.
But despite a recent price cut, the Finnish firm indicated that sales had been weaker than expected.
One expert said it reflected the f...

IPhone X to use 'black box' anti-spoof Face ID tech.Even Apple will not be able to explain how its forthcoming iPhone X can spot some efforts to fool its facial recognition system.
The firm has released a guide to the Face ID system, which explains that it relies on two types of neural networks - one of which has been specifically trained to resist spoofing attempts.
But a consequence of the design is that it behaves like a "black box".
It...

Apple iPhone X: The internet reacts.When Apple chief Tim Cook declared the iPhone X "the biggest leap forward since the first iPhone" at his latest launch extravaganza, you couldn't help but wonder if he was referring to its features or its price.
With the top-end model costing £1,149, customers are paying a premium to swap their fingerprint sensor for a facial scanner and the ability to make an animated monkey or poo emoji copy ...

Instagram hack: Celebrity contact details revealed.Instagram has revealed a flaw in its systems revealed "a number of" stars' phone numbers and email addresses to cyber-attackers.
The Facebook-owned social network has emailed verified members, usually prominent figures, to let them know.
It said it believed "one or more" attackers had targeted high-profile stars to get their contact information.
Instagram said passwords had not been stole...

Estonia's crypto-currency concept.Could a country issue its own crypto-currency such as bitcoin? Or would that be defeating the point of a form of money that is supposed to be free from government control?
On my Tech Tent podcast this week, we hear about estcoins, a currency that could be launched in Estonia. We also discuss Samsung's new flagship phone and meet the young people who are hacking with hydrogen fuel cells.
Estoni...

How hackers are targeting the shipping industry.When staff at CyberKeel investigated email activity at a medium-sized shipping firm, they made a shocking discovery.
"Someone had hacked into the systems of the company and planted a small virus," explains co-founder Lars Jensen. "They would then monitor all emails to and from people in the finance department."
Whenever one of the firm's fuel suppliers would send an email asking for payment,...

Amazon's race to make Alexa smarter.Amazon's range of smart speakers and their artificial intelligence assistant Alexa have proved to be a huge sales hit.
But the product is still a shadow of what the man in charge - Dave Limp - and indeed their owners, hope it will become.
"We have thousands of engineers inside Amazon adding to [its] capability every day and then another tens of thousands of developers adding to the skills," ...

AlphaBay and Hansa dark web markets shut downTwo of the largest dark web marketplaces have been shut down following a "landmark" international law enforcement investigation.
The AlphaBay and Hansa sites had been associated with the trade in illicit items such as drugs, weapons, malware and stolen data.
According to Europol, there were more than 250,000 listings for illegal drugs and toxic chemicals on AlphaBay.
Hansa was seized and ...

Red surprises everyone with 'hologram' phoneA holographic, virtual-augmented and mixed-reality-ready smartphone has been unveiled by Red, the company better known for ultra-high quality film cameras.
Named Hydrogen One, the device comes cased in either aluminium ($1,195) or titanium ($1,595).
It will be powered by Google’s Android operating system and was available to pre-order on Thursday.
Industry experts were baffled by the unex...

Tax software blamed for cyber-attack spreadA global cyber-attack that affected companies around the world may have started via corrupted updates on a piece of accountancy software.
Fingers are increasingly pointing to a piece of Ukrainian tax-filing software, MEDoc, as the source of the infection, although the company denies it.
Malware generally infiltrates networks via email attachments that users click on in error.
Microsoft de...